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Closing the Golden Door
Asian Migration and the Hidden History of Exclusion at Ellis Island
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Focusing on its historical significance, the book explores Ellis Island as more than just a welcoming entry point for European immigrants. It reveals the station's dual role as a site of detention and exclusion, particularly affecting Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian immigrants. The narrative highlights the experiences of those considered undesirable, detailing the station's transformation into a detention camp and deportation center from 1924 to 1954, thus providing a nuanced view of immigration in America.
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Closing the Golden Door, Anna Pegler-Gordon
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2021
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- Untertitel
- Asian Migration and the Hidden History of Exclusion at Ellis Island
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Anna Pegler-Gordon
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2021
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 346
- ISBN13
- 9781469665696
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- Sachbücher, Geschichte, Karten & Reisen
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- Beschreibung
- Focusing on its historical significance, the book explores Ellis Island as more than just a welcoming entry point for European immigrants. It reveals the station's dual role as a site of detention and exclusion, particularly affecting Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian immigrants. The narrative highlights the experiences of those considered undesirable, detailing the station's transformation into a detention camp and deportation center from 1924 to 1954, thus providing a nuanced view of immigration in America.